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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Chairman operating in the Finance space. If you think a Chairman is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Peter Norris
Chairman of Virgin Group
Mr. Norris is Chairman of Virgin Group Holdings Limited, a multinational venture capital firm with holdings in a wide range of industries. He has over 37 years of experience in investment banking and business management. Mr. Norris began his career at Barings in 1976. In 1984, he joined Goldman Sachs, before returning to Barings in 1987 to head the South East Asian advisory operations. Upon returning to London in 1994, he became CEO of Barings Investment Banking Group. Three months after his appointment, the notorious derivatives trading scandal in Singapore was revealed, which brought down the bank. In 1995, Mr. Norris established a corporate finance business, constructed around the needs of a client base of owner-entrepreneurs. In 2007, he merged this business with Quayle Munro Holdings Plc, an AIM listed company and became the CEO of the combined entity. He served in this capacity until the end of 2009, when he resigned his executive position to take the role of Chairman of the Virgin Group. He remains a senior adviser to Quayle Munro. Prior to becoming Chairman of Virgin, Mr. Norris acted as an adviser to the Group from 1996 and had chaired Virgin Active from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Norris graduated from Oxford University with a first class degree in Modern History and Modern Languages.
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About Virgin Group: Virgin Group is an investment company focused on leisure, travel, tourism, mobile, broadband, TV, radio, music, finance, and health sectors.
Stuart Marks
Founder and Chairman of L Marks
Stuart Marks is a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold four businesses over the past 25 years. They have spanned several sectors including CRM, location-based services and digital media. Every company applied innovation to challenge existing business models. Stuart has worked with a diverse and international customer-base including Sainsbury’s, British Airways, Unilever, Vodafone, BMW and various government agencies across the world. His previous company, ITIS Holdings plc, was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was Europe’s leading provider of real-time traffic information and connected car technology. The first company to commercialize crowdsourced data from GPS devices and mobile phone networks, Stuart sold the firm in 2011 to Washington-based INRIX before going on to establish L Marks to invest in the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
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About a2om international, L Marks: L Marks is the trusted partner for global businesses, powering corporate innovation and fuelling growth
Andrew Rolfe
Vice Chairman of TowerBrook Capital Partners
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners, Ubuntu Education Fund: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Alex Macpherson
Chairman of Octopus Ventures
Alex has been in the same position as many entrepreneurs having started, built and sold his own business. He founded Katalyst Ventures with his colleagues in 2000, creating the private angel network which would later be known as the Octopus Venture Partners. Over seven years, Alex led the business as CEO until its sale to Octopus in August 2007, providing succession plans for the executive team as a series of VCTs were raised to invest into 42 companies alongside the newly branded Octopus Venture Partners. Since 2007, the amount of assets that the Ventures team manages has risen from circa £20 million to in excess of £200 million at a time when the economy has seen the worst financial crisis in a generation. Alex is firmly of the belief that it is people that make the difference to businesses, whether within his own team, the Octopus Venture Partners, or most importantly, the entrepreneurs that are building the great businesses of tomorrow. Focusing on people rather than specific industry sectors has enabled the Ventures team to build a diverse portfolio of investments, including: Secret Escapes; Calastone; Zoopla; Graze; and SwiftKey. Alex is Chairman of the Octopus Ventures Investment Committee, remaining actively involved in new deal transactions, portfolio management, exits and new fund creation. Under Alex’s leadership, the Ventures team at Octopus has established itself as one of the leading UK venture capital houses.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Mark Rawlinson
Chairman , UK Investment Banking of Morgan Stanley
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Cyrus Ardalan
Chairman of OakNorth
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About : OakNorth is the creator of the ON Credit Intelligence Suite – proven cloud software that transforms commercial lending
Michael Jackson
Chairman of Elderstreet Investments
Michael Jackson MA FCA (Chairman of the Manager) founded Elderstreet Investments Limited in 1990 and is its executive chairman. For the past 24 years, he has specialised in raising finance and investing in the smaller companies quoted and unquoted sector. From 1983 until 1987 he was a director and from 1987 until 2006 was chairman of FTSE 100 company The Sage Group plc. He was also chairman of PartyGaming plc, another FTSE 100 company. He is a director of Elderstreet portfolio companies Uvenco UK plc, Fords Packaging Systems Limited, Baldwin & Francis Holdings Limited, AngloInfo Limited, Macranet Limited and Access Intelligence plc. Michael studied law at Cambridge University, and qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand before spending five years in marketing for various US multinational technology companies.
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About Elderstreet Investments: Elderstreet Investments is a U.K.-based venture fund manager that provides development and growth capital funds for early stage companies.
Darren Campili
Vice Chairman, European Healthcare Investment Banking of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Ken Brown
Chairman of Equity Capital Markets for Europe and the Middle East of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Matt Cooper
Chairman of Tandem
Matt Cooper is Chairman of Octopus. Before joining Octopus, Matt was Principal Managing Director of Capital One Bank (Europe) where he led the team guiding strategy and operations. He helped the UK arm grow from a start-up to a business employing more than 2,000 people and generating over £275 million in revenue.
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About Imaginatik, Tandem, VouchedFor: Tandem is building a bank and financial management universe, focused on freeing users from financial stress by making money simple.
Jonathan Symonds
Deputy Group Chairman of HSBC
Jonathan Symonds CBE was appointed as Deputy Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc in August 2018 and has been an independent non-executive Director since April 2014. He has extensive international financial and governance experience. Mr Symonds was previously Chairman of HSBC Bank plc, HSBC’s European subsidiary, which offers services to clients in the UK and Continental Europe. Mr Symonds was Chief Financial Officer of Novartis AG from 2009 to 2013. Before joining Novartis he was a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs; Chief Financial Officer of AstraZeneca plc; and a Partner at KPMG. His governance experience includes roles as non-executive Director and chair of the audit committees of Diageo plc and QinetiQ plc. He is currently Chairman of Proteus Digital Health Inc. and of Genomics England Limited. He is also a non-executive director of Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. Mr Symonds is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has a BA, First Class Honours in Business Finance from the University of Hertfordshire.
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About HSBC: HSBC is a banking and financial services organization that offers a comprehensive range of services.
John McAfee
Executive Chairman & CEO of MGT Capital Investments
John David McAfee (born September 18, 1945) is a American computer programmer and developer of the first commercial anti-virus program. This bore the McAfee brand-name for years, until it was bought by Intel and given the Intel name. His wealth peaked at $100 million, before his investments suffered in the global crisis of 2007. McAfee also has interests in smartphone apps, yoga and all-natural antibiotics. He resided for a number of years in Belize, but after several disputes with the authorities in Belize and Guatemala, he returned to the United States in 2013. McAfee announced that he will seek the office of U.S. President in the 2016 presidential election on September 8, 2015. He is running as a Libertarian.
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About BLACKCERT, International Business Times, MGT Capital Investments: MGT Capital and its subsidiaries own and operate social and real money gaming sites online and in the mobile space.
Massimo Prelz
Chairman Investment Committee of DN Capital
Massimo Prelz Oltramonti started in management consulting with Boston Consulting Group in Paris, followed by a long period at Olivetti where he worked in the corporate development function (on acquisition and venture capital) both in the US and Europe and then as managing director of their financial information services division (Radiocor). He returned to venture capital in London with Alta Berkley Associates and then private equity investment initially with Advent International and now with GMT Communication Partners. He has been Chairman of the Board of Jazztel Plc, Vice-Chairman of Primacom AG and member of the board of a number of listed companies including ESAT Telecom, SBS SA, Edap-Technomed SA, Esaote SpA, Cityfibre Holding Plc. He is also chairman of the investment committee of DN Capital, a VC fund.
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About DN Capital, Electro Power Systems: DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.
Justin Dowley
Chairman of Intermediate Capital Group
Justin Dowley is the Chairman of Intermediate Capital Group. A founding partner of the independent advisory firm, Tricorn Partners, he has previously served both as Head of UK investment banking at Morgan Grenfell, and as Head of European investment banking at Merrill Lynch.
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About Intermediate Capital Group: ICG is a specialist asset manager in private debt, credit and equity.
Kevin Parry
Chairman of Intermediate Capital Group
Kevin Parry Appointed Director in October 2014. He is the Company’s Senior Independent Director. Kevin is also Chairman of Intermediate Capital Group plc and of The Homes and Communities Agency and Non-Executive Director of Daily Mail and General Trust plc and Nationwide Building Society. Kevin was previously with Schroders plc, firstly as Non-Executive Director between 2002 and 2008 and, latterly, as CFO between 2009 and 2013. Prior to this, Kevin served as CEO of Management Consulting Group between 2000 and 2008.
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About Intermediate Capital Group: ICG is a specialist asset manager in private debt, credit and equity.
Marc Deschamps
Managing Partner & Executive Chairman of Drake Star Partners
Marc Deschamps is Managing Partner & Executive Chairman of Drake Star Partners. Marc combines a highly successful internet entrepreneurial and corporate leadership track record, with an award-winning M&A career dedicated to the tech and internet sectors. Prior to Drake Star Partners, Marc co-founded LD&A Jupiter in 2004, leading over 70 M&A and private equity international transactions. Marc’s career is all committed to the growth of tech and internet companies. Prior to co-founding Drake Star Partners, Marc served as COO of British Telecom, where he led the broadband internet multi-billion-pound launch and roll out in the UK. He also was Chello NV’s Co-Founder, the first broadband ISP and one of the first unicorns in Europe. As such, Marc led Chello NV through a $1 billion IPO on NASDAQ and AEX before its sale to Liberty Global as part of the UPC group. He began his career in technology management roles at Logitech (launching innovative products) and Philips (European marketing of new media publishing CD-I, CD-ROM). He co-founded his first IT company at the age of 17 providing race series such as Formula 1, IndyCar and NASCAR with revolutionary timing IT. Marc is and was non-executive board director in multiple innovation companies including some of the leading Indian IT providers, Canadian new media pioneers and the first European wind power operator. Marc founded and invested in multiple IT and internet companies. Marc holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Polytechnique de Montréal in collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. Marc published research in Artificial Intelligence and received scholarships from National Research Council of Canada as well as Power Corp. Marc lives in London with 3 kids, is Canadian and British national, multilingual and lived in some 6 countries.
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About Drake Star Partners: Drake star partners is an international investment bank focusing on the technology, media and communications sectors.
Laurence Vaughan
Chairman of Catapult Ventures
Laurence has been Chairman of Catapult Ventures since September 2013 and is the Founding Partner of Opus Ventures. Laurence began his career with PwC in audit and consulting before joining a client as Financial Director. In 1993 he joined Synter where as CEO he led the team that grew the company from a single BMW dealership in Nottingham to a luxury car group with around £1bn revenues by 1997 when it listed on the London Stock Exchange. Sytner was bought by US-based Penske Group in 2002 and Laurence joined the main board before becoming Sytner’s non-executive Chairman and founding Opus Ventures. Today Sytner has more than 140 prestige dealerships around the UK, including Audi, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Lexus, Maserati, McLaren, Porsche and Rolls Royce. It has revenues in excess of £3bn and is the UK’s most profitable car dealership group.
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About Catapult Ventures, R2C Online: Catapult Ventures specialises in providing Equity Capital for businesses requiring between £50k and £2m.
Anne Freeman
PA to Chairman of Catapult Ventures
Anne Freeman is Office Manager at Catapult Ventures and pa to Laurence Vaughan and Nick Wright. She is also involved in various aspects of Opus Ventures, which she joined at inception in 2003. Prior to Opus, Anne spent 7 years as personal assistant to the Chairman, CEO and Finance Director of Sytner Group. Before joining Sytner, Anne spent 15 years as a Senior Secretary at PwC East Midlands working for partners in the audit and advisory functions. Anne speaks basic German.
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About Catapult Ventures: Catapult Ventures specialises in providing Equity Capital for businesses requiring between £50k and £2m.
Jeremy Wilson
Non-Executive Chairman of QPQ
Jeremy Wilson is currently the Chairman at QPQ.
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About QPQ: QPQ is a network infrastructure to enable a digital universe.
Jeremy Wilson
Non-Executive Chairman of QPQ
Jeremy Wilson is currently the Chairman at QPQ.
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About QPQ: QPQ is a network infrastructure to enable a digital universe.
Jeff Lynn
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Seedrs
Jeff Lynn is Executive Chairman and co-founder of Seedrs, the leading pan-European equity crowdfunding platform. Seedrs lets investors invest as much or as little as they like in startups they choose, and it lets startups raise capital from friends, family, angels, institutions and the crowds, all through a simple, online process. In addition to running Seedrs, Jeff serves as founding Chairman of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), a non-profit advocacy group for digital startups and SMEs.
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About Seedrs: Seedrs is a UK-based investment and crowdfunding platform.
Michael Liebreich
Chairman & CEO of BloombergNEF
Michael Liebreich is Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the world’s leading provider of research on clean energy, energy technology and advanced transportation. Michael founded New Energy Finance in 2004 and acted as Chair and Chief Executive before selling it to Bloomberg LP in 2009. Bloomberg New Energy Finance is headquartered in London and now has over 200 staff in 13 offices around the world.
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About BloombergNEF, Imperial College London: BloombergNEF provides industry information, analytics, and research services for the clean energy and carbon markets.
Martin Bolland
Chairman of MXC Capital
Martin founded the private equity group Alchemy, serving as a Partner for 11 years. Martin is currently chairman of Capita plc, a FTSE 100 company. Martin previously held a number of senior operational roles in Lonrho and is a chartered accountant.
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About MXC Capital: MXC Capital is an investment and advisory group specializing in the technology, media and telecommunications sector.
Peter Rigg
Non-Executive Chairman of MXC Capital
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About : MXC Capital is an investment and advisory group specializing in the technology, media and telecommunications sector.
Alan Morgan
Chairman, Co-Founder of MMC Ventures
Alan co-founded MMC Ventures in 2000. As an active business angel investor he saw the opportunity for a more structured strategic and due diligence approach to venture investing. Alan is a member of the Investment Committee and leads MMC’s financial services focus. He has lead responsibility for Small World.
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About MMC Ventures, Small World Financial Services Group: MMC Ventures is an investment firm that invests in technology companies at Seed and Series A.
Faisal Butt
Founder, CEO & Chairman of Pi Labs
Faisal is CEO, Founder and Chairman of Pi Labs Ltd. Faisal founded Pi Labs Ltd in 2015, after leading the first round of investments in PropTech start-ups Hubble and Trussle as an individual investor. Faisal and his team have built a portfolio of 50 PropTech companies across UK and Europe, making Pi Labs one of the most active investors in PropTech start-ups globally.
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About Pi Labs, Spire Ventures: Europe’s first and most active VC firm investing in early-stage proptech entrepreneurs.
Richard Wohanka
Director & Chairman of Embark Group
Richard is our largest shareholder of Embark Group and has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, specifically in asset management. He has forged a robust reputation for building global, high-quality, investment-led businesses. He has previously held chief executive officer roles at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) Asset Management, BNP Paribas Investment Partners (Fortis Investments), WestLB Asset Management and Baring Asset Management. His early career featured successful positions in fixed income and equities at Paribas and the European Banking Corporation. Richard holds non-executive director roles at BTG plc and Scottish Widows. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Scottish Widows Pension Fund and a member of the Board of Trustees of The James Neill Pension Plan. He is a board member of UBP Japan and a trustee of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund. He is also a member of the Board of Julius Baer International and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
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About Embark Group: Embark Group provides retirement and financial services.
Stephen Steinour
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Huntington National Bank
Stephen Steinour is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (since 2009), a $64 billion regional bank holding company. Previously, he was the Chairman and Managing Partner of CrossHarbor Capital Partners, a private equity firm (2008-January 2009). From 2006 to 2008, he was President and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a multistate commercial bank holding company. Prior to that, Mr. Steinour served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Mid-States regional banking (2005-2006). He served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Mid-Atlantic Region (2001-2005). At the beginning of his career, Mr. Steinour was an analyst for the U.S. Treasury Department and subsequently worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Mr. Steinour was a member of the board of trustees of the Liberty Property Trust (an office and industrial property real estate investment trust) from February 2010 until May 2014, where he served on its audit and compensation committees. Mr. Steinour has served on the board of directors of L Brands (fashion retailer) since 2014. He was elected to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Board in November 2013. Mr. Steinour is a member of council of The Pennsylvania Society, a non-profit, charitable organization which celebrates service to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He also serves as a trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowships and is a member of the Columbus Partnership and a trustee of the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation. He is a member of the American Bankers Association. Mr. Steinour also served as a member on the policy and legal affairs committees of the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs in large Pennsylvania companies representing significant employment and economic activity in the Commonwealth. He also has served on the board of and as the chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
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About Huntington National Bank: Huntington National Bank is a public bank that serves both individuals and businesses.
Gordon Lawson
Chairman of Parkwalk Advisors
Gordon has 30 years City experience, latterly as head of equity proprietary trading and EMEA equity, derivatives and convertible bond risk at Salomon/Citigroup and then as the founder of Pendragon Capital, the event-driven hedge fund. Gordon is an adviser to several hedge funds and sits on the Advisory Board of Bridges Ventures, the sustainable impact investment fund.
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About Parkwalk Advisors: Parkwalk is an investment management firm focused on UK-based technology companies that are spun out of UK university and research centres.
Francesco Loredan
Co-Chairman and Managing Partner of BC Partners
Mr. Francesco Loredan serves as a Founder and Member of Advisory Board of Innogest SGR S.p.A, where he was a Director. Mr. Loredan served as Co-Managing Partner and a Co-Chairman at BC Partners. He joined BC Partners in 1989. Prior to this, he served at the Boston Consulting Group for four years, where he worked on assignments in France and Italy. Previously, he spent three years in corporate finance at Bank of America Corporation as a Credit Officer. He serves as the Chairman of Mark IV Industries Inc., U.S.A. He serves as Non-Executive Director of Heating Finance PLC. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Interpump Group SPA. He served as a Director of Baxi Group Ltd from January 16, 2004 to February 18, 2008. He speaks Italian, English, French, and Spanish. Mr. Loredan has an M.B.A. from INSEAD and holds a B.Sc. degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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About BC Partners: BC Partners is an international alternative investment firm focused private equity, credit, real estate, and investment strategies.
Karl Knoflach
Chairman, Co-Founder, Head of Marketing and Product of C88 Financial Technologies
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About C88 Financial Technologies: C88 connects banks and insurers in Asia to consumers buying financial products online.
Hani Kablawi
Chairman of International of BNY Mellon
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About BNY Mellon: BNY Mellon is an investment company that provides investment management, investment services, and wealth management services.
Bundeep Singh Rangar
Chairman & CEO of PremFina
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About PremFina: PremFina is an innovative premium finance company providing insurance brokers with a high margin white-label premium finance solution.
Chris Masterson
Chief Executive & Chairman of Montagu Private Equity
Chris Masterson joined Montagu in 1991 and has over 30 years experience of investing in unquoted companies. He read Psychology at University College, London and has an MBA from Manchester Business School. He was appointed Chief Executive in 2000 and Chairman in 2010. As Chairman he is responsible for chairing the Investment Committee and Remuneration Committee.
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About Montagu Private Equity: Montagu Private Equity is a financial company investing in other businesses.
Peter Englander
Chairman of Bridges Fund Management
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About Bridges Fund Management: Bridges Fund Management is a specialist fund manager dedicated to sustainable and impact investment.
Mushegh Tovmasyan
Chairman and Founder of Zenus Bank
Mushegh Tovmasyan is the Founder and Chairman at Zenus Bank.
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About : The first U.S. bank made for people outside the U.S.
Malcolm Williamson
Chairman of CDC Group
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About CDC Group: CDC is the UK’s development finance institution.
Bernard Fairman
Chairman of Foresight Group
Bernard Fairman co-founded Foresight Group in 1984 to raise a new fund for investment in unquoted technology companies based in the UK, the US and France. He has over 45 years of experience and acts as the Group’s Chairman. Bernard is responsible for strategic direction and management of Foresight through organic growth and acquisition to leading positions in the VCT and UK environmental infrastructure markets. Prior to joining Foresight Bernard worked at 3i Ventures as an Investment Manager where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and negotiating investments. Bernard holds a BA in Applied Economics from the University of Nottingham.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Ken Moss
Executive Chairman of Senit
Ken Moss served as the Chief Executive Officer of mO3 Power Limited. Moss served as the Chief Executive Officer of vzaar Limited. He served as the Chairman of the Board of vzaar Limited and serves as its Non Executive Director. In 2008, Moss founded vzaar Limited. He has a remarkable career record spanning 25 years in leading technology companies throughout Europe. His management skills as both entrepreneur and executive officer have been instrumental in the development and success of many leading technology based firms. In 1985 Moss acquired Technology plc, which became the largest IT reseller in the UK. After successfully restructuring Technology plc, it was sold to Fujitsu in 1992. Moss then joined Accent Technologies Inc., the global leader in system management software, as the European Sales and Marketing director. In 1995, he acquired Bytech Systems Ltd and within 3 years he had transformed Bytech Systems Ltd into the largest European reseller for IBM software. During this period, He was responsible in no small measure for the acquisition of Bytech Systems Ltd ‘s largest competitors in Germany and Italy, as well as developing Avnet into a one billion dollar business. Since 2002, Moss has continued to work for some of the largest VCs in Europe as Executive Chairman, including Balderton and 3i. He has also been a private investor and board member in many new and emerging software businesses.
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About Senit: Buy, sell and trade digital currencies with Senit
Peter Wood
Chairman of Esure Group
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About Esure Group: Esure Group provides general insurance products in the United Kingdom.
Martin McTague
Policy and Advocacy Chairman of Federation of Small Business
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About A3C Solutions, Federation of Small Business: FSB is also the UK’s leading campaigning pressure group that promotes the interests of businesses in the UK.
Edward Mott
Chairman of Oxford Capital Partners
Edward co-founded Oxford Capital in 1999 with the intent of broadening the access to private equity to wealthy families and corporations around the world as well as to institutional investors. He chairs the Investment Committee at Oxford Capital. With over 30 years of experience as a business leader, practical manager, investor and company director, Ted has worked with both mature listed businesses and younger high growth companies across a multitude of sectors. He has also been actively involved in a wide range of infrastructure projects. Following an early career in the US with Corning Glass Inc. where he was involved with the first commercialisation of fibre optics, he then pursued a career in investment banking with American, European and Asian banks in corporate finance, emerging markets and structured finance, before heading HSBC’s capital markets division based in Hong Kong. He later served the wealth manager GAM in London with responsibility for both institutional and private clients before founding Oxford Capital. Ted is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and an INSEAD MBA and is fluent in French and German. Ted is also a keen sailor and gardener.
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About Oxford Capital Partners: Oxford Capital is a technology venture capital investor based in London and Oxford.
Neil Radley
Chairman & CEO of Jaja
Neil Radley is a CEO with an outstanding track record of growing/turning around international businesses in retail financial services and payments sectors. A leader strong on strategy, with a highly commercial, analytical approach and the ability to build and motivate high performance management teams. ACA qualified and FCA approved person whose background includes success in instigating and executing merger and acquisition work (with the subsequent delivery of business benefits). Private Equity experience with exposure to FCA and senior City contacts. The recent £530M acquisition by Jaja Finance of the credit card portfolio of The Bank of Ireland UK [including the credit cards customers of BOI, the AA and Post Office] have put Jaja Finance on the radar and show how finally a new challenger can enter the complex world of revolving credit.
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About Jaja: Jaja is a fintech company that provides digital and physical credit cards and other financing services.
Justin King
Vice Chairman and Head of Portfolio Businesses of Terra Firma
Justin is Terra Firma’s Vice Chairman, having joined the firm in September 2015. In addition, Justin serves as Chairman of Wyevale Garden Centres and sits on the board of Annington. He was previously the CEO of Sainsbury’s between 2004 and 2014, where he led the business through a major turnaround which led to nine years of profit growth. Before joining Sainsbury’s, Justin was Head of Food at Marks & Spencer. He held prior roles at Asda, Haagen-Dazs, PepsiCo and Mars in a thirty-year career spanning consumer goods and grocery retailing. Justin is a member of the Public Interest Body of PwC. He has previously served as a director of Staples and a board member of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and was on the audit committee of both organisations. He was also a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group. Justin is well known for his interest in motorsport. In early 2015, Justin played a key role in the recovery of the Marrusia Formula One team (now Manor Racing Formula One team) through a company voluntary arrangement and served as its interim chairman. His son, Jordan, races in the IndyCar Series, and previously competed in GP2 in addition to being a development driver for Manor Racing. In 2013, Justin was named Most Admired Business Leader by Management Today as well as Britain’s Most Impressive Businessman in the IPSOS-MORI Captains of Industry Report. Justin received an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Bath, and in 2009 the University of Bath awarded him with an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration. Justin was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2011.
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About Terra Firma: Terra Firma is a private equity firm based in London, United Kingdom.
David Norwood
Chairman of Oxford Sciences Innovation
David Norwood founder of IP Group plc
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About Oxford Sciences Innovation: The world’s largest university-partnered venture firm, investing in early-stage life science, AI & software, healthcare, and deep tech.
Denys C. Shortt
Chairman & CEO of Enable
Denys Shortt is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at DCS Group. He is also a Co-Founder at Enable.
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About Enable: Enable is a startup developing a cloud-based software tool for business-to-business rebate management.
Hugh Mumford
Chairman of Epiris
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About Epiris: Epiris is an independent private equity firm.
Archie Norman
Chairman London of Lazard
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About Coles, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Lazard, Marks & Spencer: Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
William Rucker
Chairman of Lazard
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About Lazard: Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Adrian Patten
Co-Founder & Chairman of Cobalt
Adrian Patten is an FX expert and entrepreneur, having founded institutional spot FX brokerage Mako FX and served as CEO from its launch until its sale in 2014. Prior to this, Adrian was chief spot dealer at First National Bank of Chicago and has previously held the position of senior FX dealer at Deutsche Bank, UBS, Hill Samuel and Morgan Grenfell. As Co-Founder & Chairman of Cobalt, Adrian is involved in all areas of the company. The overarching business strategy and governance of the company with a focus on legal work, investment fundraising and product development.
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About Cobalt: Cobalt delivers a private peer-to-peer network that significantly reduces post-trade cost and risk for financial market participants.
Nigel Wicks
Chairman of British Bankers Association
Sir Nigel Leonard Wicks GCB CVO CBE is the Chairman of the BBA. Sir Nigel Wicks is the Chairman of the British Bankers’ Association and a Director of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc. He served as non-executive Chairman of CRESTCo, the settlement system for UK and Irish securities, from 2001 until its merger with Euroclear plc in 2002 when he became Deputy Chairman and Chairman in 2007. He stood down as Chairman of Euroclear on December 31st 2013. Sir Nigel served, on appointment by the UK Prime Minister, as Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life between March 2001 and April 2004. He was a non-executive director of Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited from 2004 to 2006. He was a Commissioner, Jersey Financial Services Commission between 2007 and 2012. He was a member of the EU Committee of “Wise Men” on European Securities Regulation (the Lamfalussy group) from 2000 to 2001. Sir Nigel was a member of the British Civil Service for thirty-two years. From 1989 to 2000, he was Second Permanent Secretary and Director of International Finance at HM Treasury. Before this, he was Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Economic Minister at the British Embassy in Washington DC; UK Executive Director at the World Bank and the IMF; and Private Secretary to Prime Ministers James Callaghan and Harold Wilson.
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About : The BBA is the leading trade association for the UK banking sector with more than 230 member banks headquartered in over 50 countries
Kamel Alzarka
Chairman & Founder of Falcon Group
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About Falcon Group: Falcon Group is a leading international financial services business
Tony Ward
Chairman of LANDBAY
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About LANDBAY: Landbay is a specialist Buy to Let mortgage lender using peer-to-peer technology to fund its loans.
Bob Jones
Chairman of Blue Motor Finance
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About Blue Motor Finance: Blue is one of the UK’s premier consumer motor finance companies, lending over £750m to over 80,000 customers.
Tina Beattie
Chairman of The Sandpit
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About The Sandpit: Applying the Private Equity model to start-up acceleration.
Tina Beattie
Chairman of The Sandpit
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About The Sandpit: Applying the Private Equity model to start-up acceleration.
Patrick Reeve
Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner of Albion Capital Group
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About Albion Capital Group: Albion Capital Group is an independent investment manager with a long-term record of backing change and growth.
Susan McDonald
Chairman and Co-Founder of Calculus Capital
Susan McDonald, a former senior investment banker, has broad experience of company financing around the world, including 13 years of equity fund raising in the Asian capital markets. Susan co-founded Calculus Capital in 1998, a year later she co-launched the UK’s first Inland Revenue Approved Enterprise Investment Scheme Fund. Susan is one of the UK’s leading experts on smaller company private equity investment and has been a frequent contributor to CNN and other business programmes.
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About Calculus Capital: Calculus Capital creates and manages tax efficient private equity funds for individuals.
Andrew Irvine
Chairman of the board and Founder of MatchPlace Limited
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About MatchPlace Limited: New generation Fintech platform. Integrating Financial Services solutions, bridging the gap between Financial Institutions and SMEs
Alexandros C. Argyriou
Chairman of Scientia Consulting Group
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About Scientia Consulting Group: Scientia Consulting Group offers business development methodologies for web startups and financial institutions with e-business units.
David Hitchcock
Founder and Chairman of States Bridge Capital
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About States Bridge Capital: States Bridge Capital introduces private companies to capital via a listing on the stock market.
Yann Gindre
Deputy Chairman and Head of Advisory board of Akoni Hub
Advisory Board Member, bringing international finance and diverse experience servicing corporate banking clients. Senior executive with global experience In Corporate Investment Banking, Hedge Funds with a front to back experience. Previous roles from 2004 to late 2012, include CEO Natixis, The Americas & CEO Natixis UK, Chairman of the New York and London Executive committees, Chairman of Natixis Alternative assets. Yann has been a financial consultant and a Director at UNPRI until 2015. Between 1988 and 2004 he was MD Global Head of DCM at JP Morgan Chase, UBS and Barclays Capital and Global Head of Markets at Commerzbank. Yann Gindre holds an MBA from London Business School.
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About Akoni Hub: Akoni provides simple cash management tools for individuals and SMEs.
Graham Peacop
Non Executive Chairman of Witstock
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About Witstock: Witstock is a specialized and independent practice that creates tailored solutions to clients’ card and payment challenges.
Constantine Logothetis
Executive Vice Chairman of Libra Group
Based in London, Constantine Logothetis, shares the principal executive responsibility for the Libra Group. He began his career in the Logothetis family’s London based shipping company, Lomar Shipping, in 2000 where he was a key member of the management team before becoming the founding Executive Vice Chairman of the Libra Group when it was formed in 2003. As Executive Vice Chairman, Constantine Logothetis has been at the forefront of the group’s diversification from shipping into other asset classes, notably the finance, hospitality, real estate and renewable energy sectors.
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About : The Libra Group is a privately-owned international business group
Tom Flannery
Executive Chairman of Reward Finance Group
Tom Flannery joined Reward Investments as Executive Chairman in 2011.
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About Reward Finance Group: Reward Finance Group offers a finance solutions that is put together to meet specific business needs.
George Critchley
Chairman of True Bearing
George is passionate about bringing high quality, face-to-face independent advice to clients throughout the North West. Preston-born, George formed the company in 2003 after advising clients, managing advisers and owning a previous IFA firm. George holds the Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) in addition to his degree and advisory qualifications. George’s ambition for True Bearing is clear – to be the North West’s premier Chartered Financial Planning firm. To achieve this, the firm set out to perform consistently to extraordinarily high standards in order to meet clients’ needs. In addition, through his inspired leadership and the commitment of the whole team, True Bearing is now perceived as the most highly qualified chartered financial planning firm in the North West. George retired from advising in February 2012. Together with his fellow directors and management team, he is focused entirely on developing the firm. George is the creator and Senior Partner of Pennine Wealth Solutions LLP – an exciting and new investment opportunity for Financial Advisers and their clients. He is also the creator and founder of Bread and Butter Advice Limited – an online bespoke financial planning advisory service.
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About Pennine Wealth Solutions, True Bearing: An award winning chartered firm.
Ian Powell
Chairman and Senior Partner of Price Waterhouse
Ian Powell Chairman and Senior Partner, joined the UK firm’s Executive Board in 2006 and he was elected Chairman and Senior Partner in 2008. He joined the UK firm as a graduate trainee in 1977 and is a qualified chartered accountant (ICAEW). After becoming a partner in 1991, he worked in Manchester building a team which established a reputation for complex turnarounds. After the merger in 1998 he developed the Continental European BRS Advisory practice and in 2000 was responsible for the UK BRS business.
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About : Price Waterhouse was an accountancy practice founded in 1849 by Samuel Lowell Price. It merged with Coopers & Lybrand in 1998 to be
Nigel Bennett
Chairman of CapitalStackers
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About : CapitalStackers is a peer to peer lending platform dedicated to real estate finance.
Ashwin Mistry
Executive Chairman of BHIB Insurance Brokers
Ashwin has over 30 years experience in the insurance industry, having started his broking career with GRE at the age of 17. As well as driving the development of BHIB, Ashwin handles a book of clients, and was also instrumental in establishing Brokerbility over 10 years ago. He is a prominent member of the local business community and has been involved in a number of local initiatives.
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About BHIB Insurance Brokers: BHIB Insurance Brokers provides insurance brokerage services.
Peter George
Chairman & President of Enigma Holding Group
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About Enigma Holding Group: Enigma is an investment company that focuses on the areas of health and wellbeing, sport, learning, community programs, and social housing.
Paul Tustain
Founder / Chairman of WhiskyInvestDirect
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About BullionVault, WhiskyInvestDirect: Opens up investment in maturing Scotch whisky to the retail investor.
William Knight
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Myanmar Investments International (MIL)
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About : A Myanmar-focused AIM-listed holding company.
